Washing-machine gearing.



W. H. VOSS. WASHING 111110111115 61111111111.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 13, 1914.

1,156,116. Patented 0111.121915.

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Be it known that l, lViLLiAM oss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Davenport, in the county oi Scott and State l nisms forWashing machines and in particular to a driving mechanism adapted todriv an upright dolly, which enters the tub irons, underneath? such asdisclosed in my copend d ling application Ser. No. 68i,228, filed Marchveither by hand 2, i912, of which this application isa division. y

lt is an object of this invention to provide driving connections whichmay be driven or power and including an l 'arrangement which pei mitsthe .interposition 'is supported upon the into the driving connectionsfor the dolly of the .tvringer of driving mechanism includingt a Wringerreverse mechanism. 4 y

therobjects and advantages ofthe invention will appear as thedescription to iollow proceeds.

in the drawings: Figure l is a plan view showing the .platform under thetub. Fig.

' 2 is an elevation.

' rlhe tulo l is supported as usual upon legs 2 and is preferablyprovided with a steel bottom 3 through which projects the dolly asdescribed and claimed'ln my co-pending application above referred to. Aplatform 4 legs and carries bear ing standards for the various drivingmechanisms new to described. T he dolly shaft "is provided with a pinion5 adapted to be oscillated 'by the rack bar t3 operated by means of thehandle 7 pivotally mounted on the bracket secured to the side of thetub, i ivot ily connected to the rack bars 6 is the rocking lever 9pivotally mounted at its lower end in the lugs 10 upon the platform Ll,".p'hus the reoiprocation oi? the rack bar G will rock lever 9 upon itspivotal point of t attachment to the lugs l0. -Pivotally connected.tothe rocking lever 9 is the pitman ll'which at its other end ispivotally con-V nected to a crank pin'lQ on the sprocket gear ISO 13keyed upon the shaft 14k mounted in bear- 'ing brackets l5 and i6 uponthe platform et.

Vbrschets open the platform 4.

A sprocket chain l? is trained over the sprocket Wheel and the sprocketWheel 18 isst upon the shaft i9 mounted in hearing :Specification oiLettere Patent.

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gine, etc. i

fs. Eivicied and this-applioationled pril 1.1.3, estesa 1 prime mover loattechine o., belt thereto and driving the machine from this end` of thegearing, as by an electric niotor,v gasoleneen- "n thisevent, thehandle? would simply rock back and forth and iii practice when so driventhe vWooden portion the handle 7 isorernoved from thelsocketjy so as notto Wag idly inthe air, 4 n

riihe Wringer reverse mechanism vis inountfA ed on the shaft 11i in thespecial bearing i6 which upholds one end oi that'zshft. It comprises apair of bevel gears 2v2/fand 23, each in mesh with the bevel gear 24inounted in a bearing hl at right angles to thc shaft 14 and integralwith the bearing .bracket 1G. Between the bevel gears 22 and 23 visslidably mounted the clutch element 2G adapted to engage either bevelgear. The clutch element 2G is keyed to the shaft i4 and maybe shiftedinto engagement with either bevel gearZQ or 23 by means of a fork, notshown. The bevel gear 22 is provided With a sprocket Wheel 27. it isobvious that by shifting the clutch element 2G into or outl ofengagement with the bevel gears 2Q and 23,

`dividually capable of shifting a rod 32 in such a fashion as to shiftthe clutch 26 into either of its three positions at' the will of theoperator.

Pivotally mounted on a bracket 33 depending from the bottoni of the tubis a hand lever 34 which at its'orivard end is .forked and engages aclutch element by vvhichthc pinion ci the dolly is engaged.-

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to its shaft. The hand -lever 34 may be seated in appropriate notches ina notch plate 36 depending from the side of the tub. This lever enablesthe dolly to be thrown out when the power is to be used exclusivelyfoiiwringing the clothes.

I claimi- 1.- In combination with a support, a fvertical shaft mountedin Said support and adapted to oscillate apinion on said shaft, arecipi'ocatory rack for oscillating said shaft, clutch mechanismoperatively positioned between said rack and said shaft, a hand leverpivoted to the side of the supportJ for operating the rack, a rockingarm pivotally mounted on one end upon thesupport and pivotally connectedat the other end to the rack, a link connecting said rocking arm with apower momentum device,V and said power momentum device.

2. In apparatus of the class'described, a support, an oscillatory shafttherein, n pinion on said shaft, a hand lever, a rack pivotallyvconnected tothe hand lever for driving said shaft, a rocking armoperated by said rack, a pitman on said rocking arm, and a powermomentum device operable by said pitman.

3. In apparatus of the 'class described, a

support, an oscillatory shaft therein, a

pinionon said shaft, a hand lever, a rack pivotally connected to thehand lever for driving said shaft, a rocking arm operated by said rack,a pitman on said rocking arm,

a power momentum device operable by said itman and a clutch foroperatively connecting or disconnecting Said rack from said shaft.

4. In apparatus of the class described, a,y

support, a vertical reciprocatory shaft therein, a lever pivoted to theside of the support and having a rack pivotally connected therewith, apinion loosely mounted on said shaft and a clutch for operativelyconnecting or disconnecting said -piriiion `with said shaft, said rackmeshing with said pinion, a rock- 'ing arm pivotally mounted on thesupport' and pivotally connected with said rack, a

- power momentum device, and a link connect- WILLIAM H. VOSS.

'said power moof two witnesses.

Witnesses:

IVILLIAM E. IUns, GEORGE W. CARDINAL.

